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An important milestone for graduate and undergraduate students. Nearly 1,400 FIU Business students entered the next phase in their careers and celebrated their achievements at the fall 2022 commencement ceremonies held on December 14, 2022.
(L to R) FIU President Kenneth Jessell presents Barbara Pestana-Cartaya (BBA ’02), director of U.S. sales & marketing, Neostrata, Johnson & Johnson, with the Community Leadership Award at the Torch Awards program on November 17, 2022. Eddy Augsten (BBA ’02) and Eric Maldonado (BBA ’86) were also honored with awards.
(L to R) Zavier Moreno (MSF ’14, MSIRE ’14, BBA ’12), senior asset manager, Adler Real Estate Partners; William Hardin, dean, FIU Business; Rafael Romero, senior vice president, JLL; David Blount (MSIRE ’13), principal, Foundry Commercial; Benny Gonzalez (BBA ’03), senior vice president corporate banking, PNC Bank, at the FIU Business Alumni Rooftop Reception on February 10, 2023.
(L to R) Eddie Leon (MSIRE ’22), CEO and coowner, M.I.A. Beer Company; Eli Beracha, director, Hollo School of Real Estate at FIU Business; and Anna Castaño, at the REact 2022 VIP Dinner held on November 3, 2022, the night before the conference.
(L to R) Wendy Guess, associate teaching professor of marketing and logistics, FIU Business, and Venita Ross, program manager, Mill Center at Salt Lake Community College, share a rickshaw ride during the FIU Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) Faculty Development in International Business program in India December 28, 2022 to January 8, 2023.
(L to R) Patricia Ugalde, consul general of Costa Rica in Miami; William Hardin, dean, FIU Business; Andrea Arias Gomez, president of the board, Centro Latinoamericano De Innovacion y Emprendimiento (CELIEM); and Luis Alvarez Soto, executive director, CELIEM, at a signing ceremony for a memorandum of understanding on September 2, 2022, at FIU Business.
(L to R) William Newburry, chair, Department of International Business, FIU Business; Jillian Avendano, director, FIU’s Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER); William Hardin, dean, FIU Business; Deepak Ohri, executive-inresidence, FIU Business’s Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center; Anna Pietraszek, faculty fellow in entrepreneurship, FIU Business; and Sumit Kundu, associate dean for CIBER and international affairs, FIU Business; during a Faculty Development in International Business (FDIB) program in Thailand in October 2022.
(L to R) Ronen Lapidot, senior vice president, information technology, Perry Ellis International; Karlene Cousins, chair, Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics, FIU Business; and Christopher Wilson, principal IT architect, NextEra Energy, at a meeting of the advisory board of the Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics on January 20, 2023.
(L to R) FIU President Kenneth Jessell presents Jeanelle Boscan (MBA ’07, BBA ’05), head of human resources, Ocean Bank, with the Charles E. Perry Young Alumni Visionary Award at the Torch Awards program on November 17, 2022.
(L to R) Jimmy Carmenate, clinical assistant professor of accounting, FIU Business, and Luigi Estevanel (BAcc ’03), staff consultant, EY, at the Ahead of the Game Accounting & Business Expo career fair on February 15, 2023.
